A local Akali leader Surinder Chowdry has been booked for allegedly throwing acid on a Congress worker in the Putlighar area near the polling booth, police said.
A criminal case was registered in the evening against Chowdry for throwing acid on Congress worker Dimple Arora, who escaped unhurt but his trouser was partially burnt, they said.
–PTI
Curfew was tonight imposed in parts of Srinagar city as a preventive measure following the killing of a youth in firing by security forces during protests.
“Curfew has been imposed in old city area as a preventive measure to maintain law and order,” a spokesman of the district administration told PTI.
He said curfew was imposed after a youth Bashir Ahmad Bhat was killed in firing during stone-pelting protests in the Nawakadal area of the city.
Meanwhile, two more youth have been admitted to hospital with pellet injuries sustained during protests after the killing of Bhat.
Defending champions Mumbai Indians ended the UAE-leg of their Indian Premier League (IPL)A without a win as they went down to Sunrisers Hyderabad by 15 runs by for their fifth consecutive loss in the season here Wednesday.
Chasing a target of 173, Mumbai Indians managed 157 for seven in 20 overs.
It was another dismal performance by the Mumbai Indians as barring Kieron Pollard, who struck a valiant 78 off 48 balls, and Ambati Rayudu (35) none showed the determination to fight back. Ben Dunk (20) was the only other batsman to get to double figures.
The European Union (EU) Wednesday said it had deployed an election observation mission (EOM) to Egypt for its presidential elections scheduled May 26-27, in response to an invitation by local authorities.
The EU said in a statement that it had been calling for credible and transparent elections in Egypt, allowing for universal participation and carried out according to international standards, Xinhua reported.
The EOM works as an independent body that conducts impartial assessment of the electoral process on the basis of all relevant elections’ standards, the statement added.
Egypt has voiced rejection of the criticism of recent court verdicts of mass death sentences to the Muslim Brotherhood supporters, terming it “unacceptable interference” in judicial affairs.
“We reaffirm the independency of the Egyptian judiciary and reject any interference from anybody, whether it is a country or an organization,” Justice Minister Nayer Osman said in a press conference Wednesday.
Minya Criminal Court Monday sentenced 683 Brotherhood supporters, including the group’s top leader Mohamed Badie, to death over assaulting and murdering policemen in Minya province last year.
President Barack Obama will visit Poland, Belgium and France in June as part of ongoing consultations with US allies, the White House said Wednesday.
The growing Ukrainian crisis is expected to dominate the president’s tour, as Washington and its European allies are boosting their military presence in East Europe to allay growing concerns there, Xinhua reported.
A day after three attacks in Syria, the Unicef said Wednesday it was outraged by the latest wave of indiscriminate attacks in the country that have left dozens of children killed and injured, Xinhua reported.
UN International Children’s Emergency Fund ,or Unicef has called on all parties in Syria to immediately cease all attacks against civilians and to fully respect the special protection to children under international humanitarian and human rights law.
The media can play a positive role in improving the human rights and health of homosexual men in South Asia, a report said Wednesday.
The report titled “A Framework for Media Engagement on MSM and Transgender Persons in South Asia” has been developed by the Centre for Advocacy and Research (CFAR) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP).
Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Mumbai Indians by 15 runs in the last match of the UAE leg of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium here Wednesday.
Set a target of 173, Mumbai Indian managed 157 for seven in 20 overs for their fifth consecutive loss in the season.
Defending champions Mumbai Indians ended the UAE-leg of their Indian Premier League (IPL)A without a win as they went down to Sunrisers Hyderabad by 15 runs by for their fifth consecutive loss in the season here Wednesday.
The Supreme Court Wednesday gave a month’s time to Manu Sharma to respond to the contempt notice for throwing ink on Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy March 4 when he was brought to the court by police for a personal appearance.
Granting one month time to reply to contempt notice on Sharma had requested for it, a bench of Justice K.S.Radhakrishnan and Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar said that such incidents of attacks were taking place all over the country.
“This is happening all over the country when a person is called to the court,” observed Justice Radhakrishnan.
Villagers in three districts displayed the mite of their vote power to draw the attention of the concerned authorities regarding their day to day plight, for want of better roads and other civic amenities.
The residents of Bethalpadu village in Jularpadu mandal of Khammam district adopted a novel protest of making use of their vote power to get their demands conceded for the development of their villages and thandas.
TRS President K. Chandrashekar Rao exuded confidence that the pink party will be forming government on its own in the new state of Telangana.
Speaking to the media after casting his vote in Chintamadaka of Siddipet Mandal in Medak district, KCR said according to his own reports gathered from all the ten districts, there was a clear pink wave and the electorate were lining up before polling booths to enthusiastically vote.” There need be no doubt about TRS forming the government, he observed.
Iraqis Wednesday participated in their country’s first parliamentary elections since withdrawal of US forces in 2011. Held amid heavy security, the polls were still marred by dozens of attacks that left 14 people killed at different places.
Heavy security was in place, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and police deployed to protect polling stations and a vehicle ban in Baghdad. But dozens of attacks targeting the election across Iraq left 14 people dead, BBC quoted officials as saying.
Mbt spokes person and candidate of Yakuth Pura Assembly constituency Majeed Ullah Khan Farhat was released by the police on wednesday night from bahadur pura police station,later hundreds of youth were came and then they came into a rally to head quarter of Mbt situated in Chanchal Guda,where Farhat khan was meet them and said thanks for every one who were support him in polling,Farhat khan was arrested by the south zone police from tallab katta while he was visited the polling both and then he was shifted to bahadur pura police station…….
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Wednesday issued notice to the central and Delhi governments and three civic agencies on the environmental hazards emnating from three landfill sites in the capital.
“Taking suo motu cognizance of a media report on the landfills’ threat to environmental health, notices have been issued notices to the secretary, union ministry of environment and forests, chief secretary, government of Delhi and commissioners of all three municipal corporations,” said the NHRC in a statement.
The CPI-M Wednesday complained to the Election Commission of “widespread rigging” in the Lok Sabha election in West Bengal and demanded re-polling in several places to be overseen by paramilitary forces.
“There has been large-scale rigging and violence in the elections to the 16th Lok Sabha held in West Bengal today. This has completely distorted the process of conducting free and fair polls,” said the Communist Party of India-Marxist in a letter to the poll panel.
The main thoroughfares of the city today presented a near deserted look, as a holiday was declared to all the Government offices, private firms and other establishments, in view of the polling that took place in the ten Telangana districts.
The over enthusiasm to express his affection towards BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi proved too costly for TDP Chief N Chandrababu Naidu.
The US Wednesday put India and nine other countries on its Priority Watch List to highlight what it called “growing concerns with respect to the environment for Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protection and enforcement”.
Releasing its annual Special 301 report on IPR, the US Trade Representative (USTR) said it will conduct Out-of-Cycle reviews to promote engagement and progress on IPR challenges identified in this year’s reviews of India, Kuwait, Paraguay and Spain.
Reiterating that it will play the role of a king maker in Telangana and that of a King in Seemandha, YSR Congress party said today that the unwarranted multi-pronged attack on it by the Congress leader Jairam Ramesh and others ahead of the polling in Seemandhra has only stemmed from their frustration and fear of defeat.
Welcoming the FIR registered against Narendra Modi for violating the election law, the Aam Aadmi Party today called BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate a habitual offender who has been consistently violating poll norms and model code of conduct.
TRS President K Chandrashekar Rao on Wednesday claimed that his party would win over 90 per cent of seats in Telangana.
Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president Ponnala Lakshmaiah claimed that the Congress party would form the first government on its own in Telangana.
Speaking to media persons at Gandhi Bhavan after the end of polling on Wednesday evening, Ponnala said that the Congress candidates have performed well and the party would win a majority of seats in Telangana. He thanked the electors for voting in favour of Congress while realising that it has made several sacrifices to grant statehood to Telangana.
A plea was filed Wednesday in the Delhi High Court seeking immediate ban on sale of fruits and vegetables, which contain artificial colour and harmful preservatives.
A division bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice R.S. Endlaw, agreeing to hear the PIL, posted the plea for May 21 and clubbed it with another petition that relates to pesticides in fruits and vegetables.
The PIL filed by advocate Sugriv Dubey alleged that fruits and vegetables sold in Delhi are “quoted with carbohydrate and other cancerous chemicals to increase their life span”.
Barring a few instance of minor violence, the polling was by and large peaceful in 119 Assembly and 17 Lok Sabha constituencies on Wednesday.
Addressing a press conference here, Chief Electoral Officer Bhanwarlal informed that there was an increase in overall polling percentage in all districts of Telangana. Nearly 72 per cent or 2.10 crore voters had exercised their vote for 265 Lok Sabha and 1669 Assembly candidates. Compared to 2009 elections, there was an increase in the polling percentage.